MasterChef, Season Four

Lidia Bastianich:
Howard?

Howard:
Okay. [presents his dish] (interview) Walking up, I'm not 100% confident in the dish that I'm bringing up. The plating isn't that great but hopefully the flavors come together.

Lidia:
So what is it exactly this stuff?

Howard:
Bell pepper jalapeno braised chicken and then it's spiced with a little cumin.

Lidia:
Cumin is a spice that is not used in pasta making or stuffing. (tastes) What I have here is a mouthful of peppers.

Howard:
Okay.

Lidia:
It's not harmonious with a pasta dish like this. Pasta classics work and they are appreciated time after time. Otherwise, they wouldn't be called classics.

Howard:
Of course.

Lidia:
Get a good a good connection of the basics, don't just fly off on a wagon. Okay?

Joe:
I don't understand, she's been nice to you but the whole thing with you is you have this very cavalier attitude. You don't know what you're cooking, what dish you're making with ten minutes left and you come up here and get misty eyed with us like "Oh, poor me again. I got screwed up." I'm getting tired of it because if you were smart, you would duplicate a plate. The fact that you are not even thinking of playing this game properly is really annoying. I'm going to taste this.

Howard:
You want fifteen of the same dishes up here?

Joe:
If you're here putting your spin on everything you make because you want to show us how cutesy and intelligent and crafty you are? Well that's going to get you to a one way ticket back to wherever you came from and then you can show your friends and the six people who told you you were good how cutesy and smart you are when you're home cooking at dinner parties while the rest of this group goes on and competes to become the next masterchef. So, I want pasta cooked properly because you know what? (tastes) The only thing worse than a cook who can't boil is a narcissist in full denial. Thank you for nothing.

[Joe tastes Krissi's catfish and spits it out.]

Joe:
Catfish eats mud and algae. So what does it taste like? Mud. Your catfish tastes like mud and my issue with your and our interchange before is that you think you know it all? Then go cook it all yourself at home.

Krissi:
No, I'm not.

Joe:
Because this defensive attitude--, no just shut your mouth for a second. At this point, you're wasting my time and I don't like to have my time wasted. For me, you're done. Good job, Lynn. At least you let me know who's really here to play.

Krissi:
(interview) My fried catfish is delicious. It didn't matter what I put on the plate. Because I got in a fight with Joe, they were going to bash me no matter what.

Krissi:
(under her breath) Told you.

Joe:
(to Graham) Tastes like liquid nut juice in a fish tank.

Krissi:
(under her breath) My fish tastes great. It doesn't taste muddy.

Joe:
Hey Krissi, whispering to everybody's around you is not going to help you!

Krissi:
I said I knew it!

Joe:
If you want to talk behind my back, have the balls to say it up here in front of me!

Krissi:
Oh, my god.

Luca:
(interview) Krissi, I'm sorry but you need to show a little bit more respect for the judges and for everybody who's around you. You're there, you did a bad job. Be honorable, take it and go back to your station. End of this.